Alexandria Gazette, Commercial And Political

To shew the age and body of the time and pressure.

The President of the United States, now in the 62nd year of his age, added to the weight with which the public burdens must bear upon his mind, continues extremely ill. Serious doubts of his recovery. In New-England, are respectable and numerous societies petitioning for peace, to be sent to the nation from so substantial a portion of the United States. This, especially at this sick and afflicted time, with respect at any time, but anxious, would, no doubt, be the President will be more sympathising with the thousands exposed by a state of war, soldiers to compound with the king, he will feel what it is, even for a few short days of sickness and to death. We are exposed by a state of war, to the mercy of their God.

In addition, but sent to their account, their imperfections on their souls!

THE TAX BILLS

Taxes able to consume much of the produce and money even before they are. The bills reported are in so bungling a manner, that notwithstanding all the political cobwebs of the patriotic side of the House work upon them, they seem nothing more than to crack each others heads in the attempt to mend. All however, they pride themselves on the "magnanimity" with which they have taken up the "taxes," and of the faculty with which they meet all the exigencies of the government. They have been too fortunate in their other undertakings and experiments, to doubt their success in this. They did rather undertake the war than make peace: both to declare as strange to carry it on; and the state, and faced it down, on their own projects; they did such feats at first, now they're better versed? The Federalists, very wisely, take no part in the frequent disputation which the consideration of the various amendments proposed give rise to. They had no part in declaring the war, will have nothing to do with it. They have found that neither reason nor argument could deter the majority from rushing into it as they would; and they seem inclined to let them get out of it as they can.